Gender bias in the force concept inventory?

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1413, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-174

  Dietz, R D ^a   Pearson, R H ^a   Semak, M R ^a   Willis, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; differential item functioning; gender; mechanics; Physics education research; student understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857499410     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3680022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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